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Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and ...
Simorğ (from Middle Persian Sēnmurw, Avestan mərəγō saēnō; "raptor"): a benevolent mythical bird. [38] Takam: the king of goats, in the folklore of the Turkic-speaking people of Azerbaijan. Traditionally, the stories of takam are recited in public theaters by a minstrel called takamchi.
Rostam or Rustam (Persian: رستم) is a legendary hero in Persian mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. However, the roots of the narrative date much earlier.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Persian fairy tales" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 ...
Bijan and Manijeh (also Bizhan and Manizheh, Persian بيژن و منيژه - Bīžan ow Manīža) is a love story in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Bijan was the son of Giv , a famous Iranian knight during the reign of Kay Khosrow , the Shah of Iran, and Banu Goshasp , the heroine daughter of Rostam .
Molla Badji is an Iranian folktale collected and translated by researcher Adrienne Boulvin and published in 1975. It is related to the theme of the calumniated wife and is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children".
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Persian mythology" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 ...
Kush-Nama (Persian: کوش نامه), is a Persian epic poem and part of a mythical history of Iran written by Ḥakim Iranshān (or Irānshāh) ibn Abu l-Khayr between the years 501-04/1108-11. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]